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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Come ‘Ere, 2011!
I will never (ever) look back on the year 2010 as “one of the greats.” It’s been a rough (read: devastating, drawn-and-quartering, dizzyingly depressing) time. In a nutshell – I was functioning fairly well in my satisfying sphere, but was suddenly … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 in Review, 2011 Goals
Tagged Family, Friends, Health, Humor, Love, Lupus, Musings, Relationships, Science
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Announcing, The Lupie Log
A Journey to an Idea… In the spring of 2010 I was a newly-wed dual degree MD/PhD student at a large US medical school. I had an exciting PhD thesis, wonderful colleagues, a job teaching medical students, an active role in … Continue reading
Posted in Lupie Log, Lupie Log Matters, Lupie Log Prompts, Sharing
Tagged Family, Friends, Health, Humor, Life, Love, Lupus, Musings, Reflections, Relationships, Sharing
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The “Whiskier,” the Better
In an endeavor to be less of a “winer” – one who sips and swishes and spits and sniffs their troubles – and more of a “whiskier” – an individual who knocks back their shot, feels the burn for a … Continue reading
Posted in Arthritis, Coping, Disease Rant-About, Infections, Lupus and Marriage, Snarkiness
Tagged Family, Friends, Health, Humor, Life, Love, Lupus, Reflections, Relationships
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My Cathedral
There is something about old black and white movies that draws me in, gives me a strange sense of calm and well-being. Perhaps it is the soft lighting, the rolling wit in the dialogue, maybe the eloquent way in which … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Faith, Grieving
Tagged Faith, Family, Friends, Health, Humor, Musings, Reflections, Relationships, Science
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Holiday Wishes
Dear Reader, A quick post to convey my sincerest holiday wishes to all who happen upon it. I hope your holiday season is filled with warmth, friends, and family, heralding a beautiful new year. I wish for you days ruled … Continue reading
Drink Faster!
It’s the kind of winter day that glows, the amber sun defining a crust of opalescent clouds over the motionless snow-studded trees. And having read over my most recent post, I’ll admit I feel my face glowing as well. I don’t … Continue reading
Soup or Salad? Oh, Diet Cola?
If life is a multi-course meal I am proud to say that, until the Spring of 2010, I offered large portions and insisted on the use of the good china as I supped. I brought out my best, my all, in … Continue reading
Posted in "Tummy" Troubles, Arthritis, Best-Laid-Plans, Coping, Lupus and Marriage, Migraine, Snarkiness
Tagged Family, Friends, Health, Life, Love, Lupus, Reflections, Relationships
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In Memoriam: Remaining Respected and Loved
Her difficult struggle she kept private, shielding family from her tremendous pain, her terrible prognosis, until the course was nearly run. Small, she said. Localized, she lied. Entirely responsive to treatment and in remission, was the story she invented. Aunt … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Grieving
Tagged Death, Family, Health, Life, Loss, Love, Relationships
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It’s Snow Worth It!
My personal barometers forecast a change in today’s weather, proclaiming the coming wintery system with bolshie griping. Standing at my bedroom window, I childishly bared my tongue at the dawn clouds and cold; I would have made a fisted gesture, … Continue reading
Posted in A Good Day, Arthritis, Coping, Love and Marriage
Tagged Health, Humor, Life, Love, Reflections, Relationships
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